With respect to the voting idea, this admittedly complicates things, but maybe there could be 2 forms of voting. One would be whether you agree or disagree with the comment. The second as to whether you think the comment is inappropriate or if you think it's a troll. That way people with unpopular, but substantive comments don't get penalized.
With respect to the voting idea, this admittedly complicates things, but maybe there could be 2 forms of voting. One would be whether you agree or disagree with the comment. The second as to whether you think the comment is inappropriate or if you think it's a troll. That way people with unpopular, but substantive comments don't get penalized.